Hello
Wayne here, from Canada. I'm a retired Airport Manager, married, three kids, 4 grandkids, living in Western Canada on the edge of the Rocky Mountains. I'm a volunteer Search & Rescue technician, and an active, lifelong shooter.
I recently acquired a shotgun that I discovered after the fact had caused quite a furor in Australia last year, and it got me wondering; how did you make out with it?
The shotgun in question is of course the Adler 110. One of the differences in our gun laws from yours makes the version I got something I don't believe is available to you; my A-110 has only got a 13inch barrel, where I believe all you've seen was 20 or 28 inch?
My reasons for buying this shotgun were primarily as a bush gun, for protection against predators. The area we live in, and I get called out to search in, is heavily populated with coyote, wolf, bobcat, cougar, & bears, both black & grizzly. I'd been carrying a Rossi model 92 Ranch Hand in .357 with handloaded 180gr. rounds...hot loads, but not hot enough to knock down an 800 pound grizzly. For that, I needed big bore, & the shortest barrel I could find was 16 1/2in. Marlin Guide gun...too big, too long, too heavy.
The Adler though...it seems to hit the mark. We have access to a number of shorter barreled pump shotguns, but with a 9 in barrel pump gun, the very real possibility of jacking in a round and sliding your hand right off the forestock and in front of the muzzle shooting under pressure is almost a certainty. ( with a large bear charging you, you're definetely under pressure).
The lever action is thinner, your support hand isn't moving, and it has a full stock on it, unlike the shorter pump guns or the Ranch Hand.
I've only put about 300 rounds through the Adler so far, and I've been very happy with it. It's accurate with slugs out to 75 yards, it's intuitive to point, light enough to carry all day, and short enough to manouver in dense brush.
I've read a bunch of news stories about the "rationale" your Government is/was using to try and outlaw them; tell me, were they successful? I sure hope not. You've already got some onerous laws, and saying that as a Canadian with plenty of onerous gun laws of our own, is going a stretch.
Those of you who've had your Adler's for a year or more; are you satified with the gun? Have you had any trouble? How smooth are your actions, have they loosened up with use? Mine is still pretty tight with 300 rounds, although it is a fair bit better than when it was brand new.